The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.